GUIDES & RESOURCES
Nonprofit: Grant Seeking
A quick guide containing links to selected websites, books, movies, magazines, online databases and other resources to help you find what you are looking for.
You may also be interested in these Info Guides:
Websites
- Indiana Grantmakers Alliance, Inc.
- This organization works to advance philanthropy throughout the state of Indiana by providing information for Indiana nonprofits and grantmakers on workshops, conferences, newsletter, and publications.
- I.U. Center on Philanthropy
- Offers a variety of programs and services to donors, foundations, nonprofit organizations, nonprofit professionals, colleges and universities, fundraisers, and people interested in formal academic degree programs related to philanthropy and nonprofit organizations.
- The Foundation Center
- Communicates information on U.S. philanthropy through education and training on the grantseeking process and national network of Cooperating Collections.
- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
- Contains information on financial and non-financial assistance programs provided by the federal government.
- Foundation Center Proposal Writing Short Course
- University of Wisconsin's Proposal Writing Links
- Catalog of Nonprofit Literature
- The Catalog of Nonprofit Literature is a searchable database of the literature of philanthropy. It incorporates the unique contents of the Foundation Center's five libraries and contains approximately 27,000 full bibliographic citations, of which nearly 19,000 have descriptive abstracts. It is updated daily.
Library Materials
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Foundation directory by: 361.76025 FOU |
Catalog of federal domestic assistance by: 362.582 CAT |
Online Databases
- Foundation Directory Online Professional Database
- Available only at Central Library, this database provides in-depth information on over 90,000 foundations and 900,000 recent grants including application information, limitations, and foundations’ funding interests.
- Foundation Grants to Individuals Online
- Available only at Central Library, this online funding research tool focuses on foundations providing financial support for individual grantseekers. The database describes giving for a variety of purposes, including scholarships, student loans, fellowships, program development, internships, professorships, arts and cultural projects, research, awards/grants by nomination only and general welfare. It is intended to be both a grantseeker's guide and a reference tool for those interested in foundation giving to the individual.







